Alexandra Pelosi, daughter of House Minority Leader and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, told Big Government this week that her mother wants to leave Congress–and that she remains in Washington only at the behest of her campaign donors.

During a telephone interview, Ms. Pelosi–speaking from a friend’s home in New York City–described her mother’s predicament:

She would retire right now, if the donors she has didn’t want her to stay so badly. They know she wants to leave, though. They think she’s destined for the wilderness. She has very few days left. She’s 71, she wants to have a life, she’s done. It’s obligation, that’s all I’m saying.

Pelosi’s spokesman denies it, calling it “wishful thinking on the part of a right-wing blog” even though the story’s based on a quote from, er, her own daughter. As for the substance of that quote, I’m not sure how to take it. Presumably it means Pelosi’s running for re-election … even though her own donors think it’s unlikely she’ll be Speaker again. Which means what? That she’ll serve out one more two-year term as minority leader and then quit? Or that she’ll run this year, get re-elected, and then resign if the Democrats aren’t back in the majority? Or that she’ll decide to retire a few months from now once she has a better sense of how the next Congress will shake out? Eight veteran Dems have already thrown in the towel, you know, so I can’t believe Pelosi’s still holding out hope of getting the gavel back.

Karl Rove predicted this morning that either she or Reid or both would quit the leadership in 2012. Does he know something? Exit question: Who’s Nancy going to get her stock tips from now?

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As a native Californian, I highly recommend the lady finally take leave of her senses—but the damage is done Nancy. Between Jerry, Nancy, Willie Brown, and the mostly vermin in Hollywood, this state never stood a chance at remaining Golden. Pity.

The reality of all the local and state races in 2010 is starting to kick in. The Left got its ass handed to it in those elections. Redistricting will save the GOP House this time–even after really bad “leadership” at the top.

On the FNC show The Five today, co-host Kimberly Guilfoyle…a constituent of Pelosi in SF…gave a verbal wink and a nod about potential candidates who have recently moved into the 8th District and she appeared pretty clearly to have a particular well-known person in mind.

I have no clue who it might be but jealous vultures inside the SF rich people’s society have been circling around Nancy for a good while now.

In my view, a Congress without Nancy Pelosi would be a hugely positive step back away from The Cliff. Might not prevent us from eventually going over, but just the fact of her being gone and unable to do any further damage to the country would be positively reassuring.

History will treat Peolsi harshly, and very deservedly so I believe, and if she decides to retire before the 2012 election I’ll be happier than a possum eating a sweet potato.

She would retire right now, if the donors she has didn’t want her to stay so badly. They know she wants to leave, though.

Translation :
The hag has taken so much money upfront and promised so many tricks to so many rich guys that she has to stay on her back for a long long time . She can’t afford to stand up and walk away because she doesn’t want to return the moocho dinero

Andrew Breitbart announced on Twitter he will have a story about Nancy Pelosi tomorrow at his site. Hope it’s a bombshell, more cronyism or illegal activity. I believe this is what Stephen Bannon was talking about when he said, ” a week before Iowa, I will drop a bomb…” Breitbart, Schweizer, Bannon work together. We will see..

Pelosi doesn’t ened stock tips, nor did she need the jet she kept insisiting on wasting our tax money on. There’s a thing called the Pelosi Family Trust, the tax shelter she and her family run. They’re rich, they’ve been rich, they’ll die rich. And the Trust has an executive jet.

On the FNC show The Five today, co-host Kimberly Guilfoyle…a constituent of Pelosi in SF…gave a verbal wink and a nod about potential candidates who have recently moved into the 8th District and she appeared pretty clearly to have a particular well-known person in mind.

I have no clue who it might be but jealous vultures inside the SF rich people’s society have been circling around Nancy for a good while now.

In my view, a Congress without Nancy Pelosi would be a hugely positive step back away from The Cliff. Might not prevent us from eventually going over, but just the fact of her being gone and unable to do any further damage to the country would be positively reassuring.

History will treat Peolsi harshly, and very deservedly so I believe, and if she decides to retire before the 2012 election I’ll be happier than a possum eating a sweet potato.

Sacramento on December 29, 2011 at 9:06 PM

I don’t know whether you are being serious or sarcastic. Obviously Guilfolye was talking about her (most likely in the closet) ex-husband, Super Progressive A**wipe, Gavin Gruesome Newsom. How they remained close is a mystery.

Those who are elected in November of a given year are sworn in in January of the following year, but typically there is already a budget in place, so the first budget for which they vote is the FY that starts in October of that year (nearly a year after their election) and finishes in September of the following year (nearly two years after their election).

So, those elected in November 1992 were sworn in in January 1993, and the first budget for which they voted was the 1994 FY budget (which goes from October 1, 1993 – September 30, 1994).

Now look at those budget numbers in that light. And give “credit” and/or “blame” to the party that controlled a majority (2+ out of 3) of the House, Senate, and Presidency.

Nancy Pelosi is definitely out if the Dems don’t get the House back in 2012. Pelosi is not going to stick around with all her ill-gotten gains to be minority leader. Minority leader at 72 or spend a $80 Million fortune built on corruption and insider trading and Mob connections.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s re-election campaign manager resigned Wednesday after confronting the mayor about an affair Newsom had with his wife while she worked in the mayor’s office, City Hall sources said.
Alex Tourk, 39, who served as Newsom’s deputy chief of staff before becoming his campaign manager in September, confronted the mayor after his wife, Ruby Rippey-Tourk, told him of the affair as part of a rehabilitation program she had been undergoing for substance abuse, said the sources, who had direct knowledge of Wednesday’s meeting.

Rippey-Tourk, 34, was the mayor’s appointments secretary from the start of his administration in 2004 until last spring. She told her husband that the affair with Newsom was short-lived and happened about a year and a half ago, while the mayor was undergoing a divorce from his then-wife, Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, said the sources, who spoke on condition they not be identified.

Ofcourse Nuisance went on to become the Lt Gov after this.
Now maybe he will come out of the closet to become a senator

Alex Tourk, 39, who served as Newsom’s deputy chief of staff before becoming his campaign manager in September, confronted the mayor after his wife, Ruby Rippey-Tourk, told him of the affair as part of a rehabilitation program she had been undergoing for substance abuse, said the sources, who had direct knowledge of Wednesday’s meeting.

burrata on December 30, 2011 at 6:17 AM

Ruby Rippey-Tourk ??? What is that? Is it special blower for the new Chevy SS Camaro dual 4 barrel?

She would retire right now, if the donors she has didn’t want her to stay so badly.

Notice how Pelosi’s daughter does not exactly go out of her way to put a name and face on any of these donors?

I would love to know who these donors are, just to see exactly how many of them are folk who happen to believe that living under a Ferdinand-Marcos-martial-law style of regime would be a great thing for this country indeed!

Alex Tourk, 39, who served as Newsom’s deputy chief of staff before becoming his campaign manager in September, confronted the mayor after his wife, Ruby Rippey-Tourk, told him of the affair as part of a rehabilitation program she had been undergoing for substance abuse, said the sources, who had direct knowledge of Wednesday’s meeting.

Witch is mild for what this creep has done to America. When you remember the Obwana Presideny, you will see the skullduggery faces of Reid and botox Nan, and Obwana as they shoved Obamacare through with the Tea Party in Wash, D.C. screaming “no” and the American people at home throwing things at their t.v.’s who could not afford the trip. All the back and forth between both parties, knowing full well the crap would pass. Now even with Republicans in power in the house, they still have grease on the bottoms of their shoes and keep sliding to the pull of the Demorats whichever way they keep pulling this country into oblivion. Time to take our country back.

Unlike Central Valley, CA, I DO have a bucket of water here. Although they tried, the demonrats didn’t dry up the whole country, it still rains here.

Turtle317 on December 30, 2011 at 3:12 PM

and in the Sac Valley :-)…actually the ‘witch’ and her SF crowd gets their water from up here (Oroville lake)…would be interesting to see their reaction if we did to them what they did to Central Valley :-(.